Second Pope, and the first to be chosen in Rome, Italy. According to Irenaeus, he is the Linus mentioned by SaintPaul in 2 Timothy 4. His name is mentioned in the prayer “Communicantes” in the Canon of the Mass. Traditionally honoured as a martyr, though there is no certain documentation of this. Nothing else is known of his life, and ancient documents about his papacy have proven to be inaccurate or apocryphal.